XannaX wrote on Friday, August 4, 2006:

> I'm a dessert fiend. I'm hoping you all will share the name &
> address (at least the city) of your favorite bakeries and what you
> highly recommended from there.

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I'm not a dessert fiend. I generally avoid dessert sweets. But I didn't
say never.
I go to bakeries more for bread than dessert. I'll mention a couple of
primarily
bread bakers who also do pastries

In Portland, Oregon and environs:

Ken's Artisan Bakery
Di Prima Dolci
Pearl Bakery

For an older style "before food got all fancied up" kind of place:

Helen Bernhard's

For a middle of the road place:

Beaverton Bakery

I'm sure there are others.